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SOLIDARITY WITH THE FLESH EATING MOSAIC AND OTHER POEMS by Raj Dronamraju

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

ELECTION 2016 - TRUMP AS TROLL, CUCKSERVATIVES, AND IMMIGRATION

If the Republican presidential candidates had balls, during next week's debate they would not acknowledge Donald Trump and turn their backs on him when he speaks. Truth is though many of them have said offensive things just as bad or worse than Trump.

I still think Trump is a troll, pick your conspiracy theory - He's helping Hillary, he's a stalking horse for Ted Cruz etc. but I now think there is actually a chance he could win the Repub nomination. He's ahead in every early primary state except for Iowa. He's the right mouthpiece for that kneejerk mindless anger that seems so prevalent these days. I assumed he'd have flamed out by now but every offensive comment he makes seems to be greeted by "right on" by a large chunk of the Republican electorate.

Trump as agent of Hillary makes a lot of sense as they have a lot of history together and as I pointed out earlier Trump based on his past words on the issues is hardly a conservative.

As for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton can't even discuss the keystone pipeline or commit to a minimum wage increase. She's mired in scandals with more to come (And I think the email scandal is a lot more serious than people realize). I believe if she is the Dem nominee she will lose to anyone other than Trump (and Jeb Bush) despite what polls may say and they are getting worse for her. We will see what happens in the debates but I imagine they will play into Trump's showmanship.

Also of note is the rise of the term Cuckservative.to describe those Republican viewed as insufficiently conservative primarily on immigration. This is impugning their manhood as the type of man who would allow their wives to sleep with other people.

The good thing about this is it further shreds the Republican Party a break-up I have seen coming for a long time. Also good is those who are anti-cuckservative also have listed fealty to Israel as one sign of being one. A strong conservative movement that is anti-intervention and hence anti-Israel and allowing a foreign government to dictate American foreign policy is a good thing. Two of the best anti-empire candidates of the last several decades, maybe the two best, were conservatives - Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan.

The bad thing is many of those rallying behind this new term are "race realists" and immigration nativists. Those who believe black people have lower IQs then other races and embrace the discredited science of the Bell Curve as gospel. They also are against most forms of immigration. I myself am opposed to blanket amnesty and drivers licenses for illegal aliens and sanctuary cites and other things of that nature but I do believe in legal immigration. Immigrants with something to offer are a blood transfusion for the USA keeping the job base fresh and vital. I also believe that countries adversely affected by American foreign policy whose citizens are fleeing the results of American imperialism like Iraq, Honduras, Yemen deserve asylum in the US. In the words of Colin Powell, "you break it, you bought it".